diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
index 6ba3deb121..b9e6818afb 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export BASE_BUILD_DIR=${BASE_BUILD_DIR:-$BASE_SCRATCH_DIR/build}
 # The folder for previous release binaries.
 # This folder exists only on the ci guest, and on the ci host as a volume.
 export PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR=${PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR:-$BASE_ROOT_DIR/prev_releases}
-export CI_BASE_PACKAGES=${CI_BASE_PACKAGES:-build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl ca-certificates ccache python3 rsync git procps bison e2fsprogs}
+export CI_BASE_PACKAGES=${CI_BASE_PACKAGES:-build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl ca-certificates ccache python3 rsync git procps bison e2fsprogs cmake}
 export GOAL=${GOAL:-install}
 export DIR_QA_ASSETS=${DIR_QA_ASSETS:-${BASE_SCRATCH_DIR}/qa-assets}
 export CI_RETRY_EXE=${CI_RETRY_EXE:-"retry --"}
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_centos.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_centos.sh
index d509c72141..5f8391c5da 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_centos.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_centos.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export HOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_i686_centos
 export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="quay.io/centos/amd64:stream9"
-export CI_BASE_PACKAGES="gcc-c++ glibc-devel.x86_64 libstdc++-devel.x86_64 glibc-devel.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686 ccache libtool make git python3 python3-pip which patch lbzip2 xz procps-ng dash rsync coreutils bison util-linux e2fsprogs"
+export CI_BASE_PACKAGES="gcc-c++ glibc-devel.x86_64 libstdc++-devel.x86_64 glibc-devel.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686 ccache libtool make git python3 python3-pip which patch lbzip2 xz procps-ng dash rsync coreutils bison util-linux e2fsprogs cmake"
 export PIP_PACKAGES="pyzmq"
 export GOAL="install"
 export NO_WERROR=1  # Suppress error: #warning _FORTIFY_SOURCE > 2 is treated like 2 on this platform [-Werror=cpp]
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
index 7b46835b57..432c396519 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export HOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_i686_multiprocess
 export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="docker.io/amd64/ubuntu:22.04"
-export PACKAGES="cmake llvm clang g++-multilib"
+export PACKAGES="llvm clang g++-multilib"
 export DEP_OPTS="DEBUG=1 MULTIPROCESS=1"
 export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-debug CC='clang -m32' CXX='clang++ -m32' \
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
index 9e71da7b82..31c4bff6ae 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export SDK_URL=${SDK_URL:-https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources/sdks}
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_macos_cross
 export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="docker.io/ubuntu:22.04"
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
-export PACKAGES="cmake zip"
+export PACKAGES="zip"
 export XCODE_VERSION=15.0
 export XCODE_BUILD_ID=15A240d
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_msan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_msan.sh
index 6055e0ad19..b382567003 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_msan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_msan.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIBCXX_FLAGS="-nostdinc++ -nostdlib++ -isystem ${LIBCXX_DIR}include/c++/v1 -L${L
 export MSAN_AND_LIBCXX_FLAGS="${MSAN_FLAGS} ${LIBCXX_FLAGS}"
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME="ci_native_fuzz_msan"
-export PACKAGES="cmake ninja-build"
+export PACKAGES="ninja-build"
 # BDB generates false-positives and will be removed in future
 export DEP_OPTS="NO_BDB=1 NO_QT=1 CC=clang CXX=clang++ CFLAGS='${MSAN_FLAGS}' CXXFLAGS='${MSAN_AND_LIBCXX_FLAGS}'"
 export GOAL="install"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh
index d73a7db0e6..fd075800b0 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIBCXX_FLAGS="-nostdinc++ -nostdlib++ -isystem ${LIBCXX_DIR}include/c++/v1 -L${L
 export MSAN_AND_LIBCXX_FLAGS="${MSAN_FLAGS} ${LIBCXX_FLAGS}"
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME="ci_native_msan"
-export PACKAGES="cmake ninja-build"
+export PACKAGES="ninja-build"
 # BDB generates false-positives and will be removed in future
 export DEP_OPTS="NO_BDB=1 NO_QT=1 CC=clang CXX=clang++ CFLAGS='${MSAN_FLAGS}' CXXFLAGS='${MSAN_AND_LIBCXX_FLAGS}'"
 export GOAL="install"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh
index c03392af06..c12044f461 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="docker.io/ubuntu:24.04"
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_tidy
 export TIDY_LLVM_V="17"
-export PACKAGES="clang-${TIDY_LLVM_V} libclang-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev llvm-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev libomp-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev clang-tidy-${TIDY_LLVM_V} jq bear cmake libevent-dev libboost-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev systemtap-sdt-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqrencode-dev libsqlite3-dev libdb++-dev"
+export PACKAGES="clang-${TIDY_LLVM_V} libclang-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev llvm-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev libomp-${TIDY_LLVM_V}-dev clang-tidy-${TIDY_LLVM_V} jq bear libevent-dev libboost-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev systemtap-sdt-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqrencode-dev libsqlite3-dev libdb++-dev"
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false